Communication system

ABSTRACT

A communication system, which makes possible to carry out wide area communication between terminals, includes a mobile communication terminal which has a mobile communication means to carry out communication via a mobile communication network and a near field wireless communication means to carry out communication via a near field wireless communication network, and a near field wireless communication terminal which has a near field communication means to carry out communication via the near field communication network. Moreover, the mobile communication terminal comprises a communication repeating means to connect, as a repeater, other mobile communication terminal which is connected to the mobile communication terminal via the mobile communication network, and the near field wireless communication terminal which is connected to the mobile communication terminal via the near field communication network, by use of a communication path between the mobile communication terminal and the other mobile communication terminal.

REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is a Continuation application of Ser. No.12/999,977 filed on Dec. 17, 2010, which is a National Stage Entry ofinternational application PCT/JP2009/062171, filed Jun. 26, 2009, whichclaims the benefit of priority from Japanese Patent Application2008-174275 filed on Jul. 3, 2008, the disclosures of all of which areincorporated in their entirety by reference herein.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a communication system and inparticular, relates to a communication system which enables acommunication terminal, which can carry out near field wirelesscommunication, to carry out wide area communication.

BACKGROUND ART

Recently, some portable device has a function to carry out mutualcommunication easily not via other device. For example, a portabledevice with the wireless LAN function is widely prevailing. Moreover, itbecomes possible to set up an ad hoc network which does not require anyaccess point for a plurality of portable devices. Then, it is possibleto exchange data in a near field by many users, each of whom holds aportable device, gathering in the near field.

However, there is a restriction that, in order to set up an ad hocnetwork, each of devices must exist nearby each other to some extent sothat the devices may communicate each other. Moreover, there is anotherrestriction that it is impossible to carry out complicated setting, forexample setting for enabling to carry out communication within a group,which is composed of a plurality of people, in a general environmentlike the internet.

On the other hand, a cellular phone has really little restriction in thecommunication distance since the cellular phone communicates via acommunication base station. Moreover, communication within a group hasbeen already realized as PTT (Push To Talk). While the current PTTfunction is used for a voice call, actual signals which are sent andreceived by the cellular phone are digital data which are packet dataconverted from the voice signal. Therefore, it is easy to carry out datacommunication by use of the current PTT function. However, since thecellular phone has not a specialized function, for example an advanceddata communication function and an advanced data processing functiondifferently from the portable device mentioned above, the cellular phonehas limitation in its use.

Here, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-363998, JapanesePatent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-101716 and Japanese PatentApplication Laid-Open No. 2007-259499 disclose an art to enable to carryout communication between communication devices whose communicationforms are different each other. Specifically, the system according tothe art includes a first wireless communication device which has afunction to connect to a mobile communication network, and a secondwireless communication device which has not the function to connect tothe mobile communication network and has a function to connect to afixed communication network such as LAN. Moreover, these wirelesscommunication devices set up an ad hoc network each other. That is, eachof the wireless communication devices within the ad hoc network has anad hoc communication function which enables the wireless communicationdevice to communicate each other. In particular, a communication methodused in the ad hoc network is the same as one used in the mobilecommunication network mentioned above.

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION

According to the art disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-OpenNo. 2004-363998, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-101716and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-259499 mentionedabove, both terminals are equipped with the same communication functionwhich makes possible the communication method used in the mobilecommunication network. Therefore, the communication function becomesunnecessary in the case that a terminal does not carry out saidcommunication and carries out only near field wireless communicationsuch as LAN. Moreover, it is necessary that the second wirelesscommunication device switches communication state on the basis of theterminal which is aimed to be connected, and consequently, a problemthat processes carried out by the second wireless communication devicebecome complicated is caused.

For this reason, an object of the present invention is to make itpossible to carry out wide area communication between terminals by useof a simple configuration in order to solve the problem mentioned above.

A communication system, which is an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention to achieve the object, is characterized in that thecommunication system comprises a mobile communication terminal which hasa mobile communication means for carrying out communication via a mobilecommunication network and a near field wireless communication means forcarrying out communication via a near field wireless communicationnetwork, and a near field wireless communication terminal which has anear field communication means for carrying out communication via thenear field communication network, and the mobile communication terminalcomprises a communication repeating means for connecting, as a repeater,other mobile communication terminal which is connected to the mobilecommunication terminal via the mobile communication network, and thenear field wireless communication terminal which is connected to themobile communication terminal via the near field communication network,by use of a communication path between the mobile communication terminaland the other mobile communication terminal.

A mobile communication terminal, which is another exemplary embodimentof the present invention, is characterized by comprising a mobilecommunication means for carrying out communication via a mobilecommunication network and a near field wireless communication means forcarrying out communication via a near field wireless communication, anda communication repeating means for connecting, as a repeater, othermobile communication terminal and a near field wireless communicationterminal which is connected via the near field communication network, byuse of a communication path which is connected to said other mobilecommunication terminal via said mobile communication network.

A program, which is another exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, makes a computer of a mobile communication terminal, whichcomprises a mobile communication means for carrying out communicationvia a mobile communication network and a near field wirelesscommunication means for carrying out communication via a near fieldwireless communication network, execute a communication repeatingprocedure for connecting, as a repeating procedure, other mobilecommunication terminal and a near field wireless communication terminalwhich is connected via the near field communication network, by use of acommunication path which is connected to said other mobile communicationterminal via said mobile communication network.

A communication method, which is another exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention, is characterized in that a mobile communicationterminal, which includes a mobile communication means for carrying outcommunication via a mobile communication network, and a near fieldwireless communication means for carrying out communication via a nearfield wireless communication network, the method comprising the step ofcarrying out a communication repeating process for connecting, as arepeating process, other mobile communication terminal and a near fieldwireless communication terminal which is connected via the near fieldcommunication network, by use of a communication path which is connectedto said other mobile communication terminal via said mobilecommunication network.

By virtue of the above-mentioned configuration according to the presentinvention, it is possible to realize wide area communication by use ofthe near field wireless communication terminal with the simpleconfiguration and low cost.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a whole communication system.

FIG. 2 is a function block diagram showing configurations of a cellularphone and a portable device.

FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operation of the communicationsystem.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory drawing showing an operation of thecommunication system.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory drawing showing an operation of thecommunication system.

THE BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

A communication system, which is an exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, is characterized in that the communication system comprises amobile communication terminal which has a mobile communication means forcarrying out communication via a mobile communication network and a nearfield wireless communication means for carrying out communication via anear field wireless communication network, and a near field wirelesscommunication terminal which has a near field communication means forcarrying out communication via the near field communication network, andthe mobile communication terminal comprises a communication repeatingmeans for connecting, as a repeater, other mobile communication terminaland the near field wireless communication terminal which is connectedvia the near field communication network, by use of a communication pathwhich is connected to said other mobile communication terminal via saidmobile communication network.

Moreover, it may be preferable that the mobile communication terminal inthe communication system includes a broadcast communication means forconnecting simultaneously to a plurality of other mobile communicationterminals via the mobile communication network.

Then, it may be preferable that the communication repeating means whichthe mobile communication terminal comprises connects, as a repeater, theother mobile terminals and the near field wireless communicationterminals which are connected via the near field communication network,by use of communication paths which are connected to said other mobilecommunication terminals by the broadcast communication means.

Moreover, it may be preferable that the near field wirelesscommunication terminal in the communication system includes acommunication requesting means for requesting the mobile communicationterminal, which is connected to the near field wireless communicationterminal via the near field communication network, to connect to theother terminal. In this case, it is preferable that the communicationrepeating means which the mobile communication terminal comprisesconnects, as a repeater, the near field wireless communication terminaland said other terminal by use of the communication path which isconnected to said other mobile communication terminal via said mobilecommunication network, in reply to a request issued by the near fieldwireless communication terminal.

Moreover, the communication system is characterized in that thecommunication repeating means which the mobile communication terminalcomprises connects to other near field wireless communication terminalvia the near field wireless communication network in reply to therequest issued by the near field wireless communication terminal whichis connected by use of the communication path which is connected to saidother mobile communication terminal via said mobile communicationnetwork.

Moreover, the communication system is characterized in that the nearfield wireless communication means carries out near field wirelesscommunication by use of any one of wireless LAN (Local Area Network)communication, infrared communication, Bluetooth (registered trademark)and non-contact type IC card communication.

Moreover, the communication system is characterized in that the mobilecommunication terminal is, for example a cellular phone.

According to the above-mentioned invention, first, the mobilecommunication terminal has the function to connect to the other mobilecommunication terminal via the mobile communication network. In thiscase, it may be preferable that the mobile communication terminal hasthe broadcast communication function to communicate simultaneously witha plurality of other mobile communication terminals. Moreover, themobile communication terminal has also the function to communicate withthe near field wireless communication terminal via the near fieldwireless communication network.

Then, the mobile communication terminal connects, as a repeater, othermobile communication terminals and the near field wireless communicationterminals which are connected via the wireless communication network, byuse of the communication paths, which are established for example by thebroadcast communication function, between the mobile communicationterminal and the other mobile communication terminals. As a result, thenear field wireless communication terminal can realize wide areacommunication with the simple configuration and low cost by use of thenear field wireless communication means which the near field wirelesscommunication terminal comprises. Moreover, in the case of using thebroadcast communication paths among the mobile communication terminals,it is possible to carry out wide area communication simultaneously witha plurality of terminals such as terminals which belong to a specificgroup.

A mobile communication terminal, which is another exemplary embodimentof the present invention, is characterized by comprising a mobilecommunication means for carrying out communication via a mobilecommunication network, and a near field wireless communication means forcarrying out communication via a near field wireless communication, andby comprising a communication repeating means for connecting, as arepeater, other mobile communication terminal and a near field wirelesscommunication terminal which is connected via the near fieldcommunication network, by use of a communication path which is connectedto said other mobile communication terminal via said mobilecommunication network.

Moreover, the mobile communication terminal is characterized in that themobile communication terminal includes a broadcast communication meansfor connecting simultaneously to a plurality of other mobilecommunication terminals via the mobile communication network, and thecommunication repeating means connects, as a repeater, the other mobilecommunication terminals and the near field wireless communicationterminals which are connected via the near field communication network,by use of communication paths which are connected to said other mobilecommunication terminals by the broadcast communication means.

A program, which is another exemplary embodiment of the presentinvention, makes a computer of a mobile communication terminal, whichcomprises a mobile communication means for carrying out communicationvia a mobile communication network and a near field wirelesscommunication means for carrying out communication via a near fieldwireless communication, execute a communication repeating procedure forconnecting, as a repeating procedure, other mobile communicationterminal and a near field wireless communication terminal which isconnected via the near field communication network, by use of acommunication path which is connected to said other mobile communicationterminal via said mobile communication network.

Moreover, the program is characterized in that the program makes thecomputer of the mobile communication terminal furthermore execute acommunication repeating procedure to connect the mobile communicationterminal simultaneously to a plurality of other mobile communicationterminals via the mobile communication network, and to connect, as arepeating procedure, the other mobile communication terminals and thenear field wireless communication terminals which are connected via thenear field communication network, by use of communication paths whichare connected to said other mobile communication terminals.

A communication method, which is another exemplary embodiment of thepresent invention, is characterized in that a mobile communicationterminal, which includes a mobile communication means for carrying outcommunication via a mobile communication network, and a near fieldwireless communication means for carrying out communication via a nearfield wireless communication network, the method comprising the step of,carrying out a communication repeating process to connect, as arepeating process, other mobile communication terminal and a near fieldwireless communication terminal which is connected via the near fieldcommunication network, by use of a communication path which is connectedto said other mobile communication terminal via said mobilecommunication network.

Moreover, the communication method is characterized in that the methodcomprises the steps of, carrying out a broadcast communication processto connect the mobile communication terminal simultaneously to aplurality of other mobile communication terminals via the mobilecommunication network, and carrying out the communication repeatingprocess to connect, as a repeating process, the other mobile terminalswhich are connected to the mobile terminal by the broadcastcommunication process, and the near field wireless communicationterminal which is connected via the near field communication network, byuse of communication paths which are connected to said other mobilecommunication terminals.

Since the mobile communication terminal, the program, and thecommunication method according to the present invention, each of whichhas the configuration mentioned above, work similarly to thecommunication system mentioned above, the mobile communication terminal,the program, and the communication method can achieve the object of thepresent invention.

Exemplary Embodiment

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of a communication system, a mobilecommunication terminal, a program and a communication method accordingto the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to5. FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a whole communication system. FIG. 2is a function block diagram showing configurations of a cellular phoneand a portable device. FIG. 3 is a sequence diagram showing an operationof the communication system. FIGS. 4 and 5 are explanatory drawings eachof which shows an operation of the communication system.

[Configuration]

As shown in FIG. 1, the communication system according to the exemplaryembodiment includes cellular phones 11, 12, 13 and 14 (mobilecommunication terminal) which can communicate with other cellular phonevia a mobile communication network A, and portable devices 21, 22, 23and 24 (near field wireless communication terminal) which cancommunicate with the cellular phones 11, 12, 13 and 14 via near fieldwireless communication networks B1, B2, B3 and B4 respectively.According to the exemplary embodiment, the cellular phone 11 and theportable device 21 are arranged so as to be able to carry out near fieldwireless communication each other. Similarly, the cellular phone 12 andthe portable device 22, the cellular phone 13 and the portable device23, and the cellular phone 14 and the portable device 24 are arranged soas to be able to carry out near field wireless communication each other.Further, while four cellular phones 11 to 14 and four portable devices21 to 24 are shown in FIG. 1, number of the cellular phones and theportable devices arranged in the communication system is not limited tofour.

Next, configurations of the mobile phone 11 or the like, and theportable device 21 or the like will be described with reference to FIG.2. Further, while the configurations of only the cellular phones 11 and12 and the portable devices 21 and 22 are shown in the figure,description of other cellular phones and other portable devices areomitted since the other cellular phones and the other portable deviceshave the same configurations respectively as the cellular phones 11 and12 and the portable devices 21 and 22 have.

The portable device 21 according to the exemplary embodiment is aninformation processing terminal such as a laptop computer and PDA(Personal Digital Assistants). Moreover, the portable device 21 includesa wireless communication unit 21 a (near field wireless communicationmeans) which carries out communication via a near field wirelesscommunication network such as wireless LAN (Local Area Network)communication. That is, it is possible that the portable device 21communicates with the cellular phone 11 via the near field wirelesscommunication network by use of the wireless communication unit 21 a.Further, the wireless communication unit 21 a is not limited to carryingout wireless LAN communication, and it may be preferable that thewireless communication unit 21 carries out infrared communication,Bluetooth (registered trademark), non-contact type IC card communication(communication by use of reader/writer and corresponding RFID tag) andfurthermore, near field wireless communication by other kind of nearfield wireless communication device.

Moreover, the portable device 21 includes a communication control unit21 b which is realized by installation of a predetermined program in amounted calculation unit. The communication control unit 21 bestablishes ad hoc communication with the cellular phone 11 via the nearfield wireless communication network B1 by use of the wirelesscommunication unit 21 a and controls one to one communication with thecellular phone 11. Moreover, in the case that the communication controlunit 21 b requests a connection with other portable devices 22, 23 and24 or other mobile phones 12, 13 and 14 which are arranged outside rangeof the near field wireless communication, the communication control unit21 b has a function to request the cellular phone 11 to connect to otherterminal (communication request means).

Further, since the configuration of the portable device 22(communication control unit 22 a and communication control unit 22 b)shown in FIG. 2 is also identical to one of the portable device 21mentioned above, description of the portable device 22 is omitted.Moreover, the configurations of the portable devices 23 and 24 are alsoidentical.

Moreover, the cellular phone 11 includes a wireless communication unit11 a (near field wireless communication means) for carrying out nearfield wireless communication with the portable device 21, and a mobilecommunication unit 11 c (mobile communication means) for carrying outvoice communication and data communication with other mobile phones 12,13 and 14 via the mobile communication network A. Here, the wirelesscommunication unit 11 a is a communication device which can communicatewith the wireless communication unit 21 a mounted on the portable device21. The wireless communication unit 11 a carries out, for examplewireless LAN communication, infrared communication, Bluetooth(registered trademark), non-contact type IC card communication andfurthermore, other near field wireless communication. Moreover, themobile communication unit 11 c is a communication device, which cancommunicate through a cellular phone network, can communicate with abase station.

Moreover, the cellular phone 11 includes a communication repeating unit11 b and a broadcast communication unit 11 d which are realized byinstallation of a predetermined program in a mounted calculation unit.Moreover, the broadcast communication unit 11 d (broadcast communicationmeans) has a function to connect simultaneously to a plurality of othermobile phones 12, 13 and 14 which are grouped and registered in advance.That is, the broadcast communication unit 11 d has the “push to talk”function to convert a voice signal to packet data and to send the packetdata simultaneously to a plurality of other mobile phones 12, 13 and 14like a transceiver. Further, since the “push to talk” function convertsthe voice signal into the packet data and carries out datacommunication, it is possible to use the communication path as a datacommunication path as described later.

Moreover, the communication repeating unit 11 b (communication repeatingmeans) has a function to connect, as a repeater, the portable device 21which is connected to the mobile communication terminal 11 via the nearfield wireless communication network B1 as mentioned above, and theother cellular phones 12, 13 and 14 by use of communication paths, whichare established by the push to talk function, between the cellular phone11 and the other cellular phones 12, 13 and 14. For example, in the casethat the portable device 21 has intention to connect to the otherportable device 22 and establishes ad hoc communication with thecellular phone 11 on the basis of the near field wireless communication,the communication repeating unit 11 b of the cellular phone 11 connects,as a repeater, the portable device 21 and the cellular phone 12 via aconnection path, which is established by the “push to talk” function,between the cellular phone 11 and the cellular phone 12 via the mobilecommunication network A. Moreover, a communication repeating unit 12 bof the cellular phone 12 connects to the portable device 22 via the nearfield wireless communication network B2 between the cellular phone 12and the portable device 22, in reply to a request issued by the portabledevice 21 which is connected via the connecting path, which isestablished by the “push to talk” function, between the cellular phone11 and the cellular phone 12 via the mobile communication network A. Asa result, the portable device 21 and the portable device 22 areconnected so as to be able to carry out mutual data communication.

That is, by virtue of the configuration mentioned above, the portabledevice 21 establishes the ad hoc communication path with the cellularphone 11 on the basis of the near field wireless communication, andsimilarly, the portable device 22 establishes the ad hoc communicationpath with the cellular phone 12 on the basis of the near field wirelesscommunication. Moreover, since the broadcast communication path isestablished between the cellular phone 11 and the cellular phone 12 bythe “push to talk” function, the portable device 21 and the portabledevice 22 are connected each other by use of the broadcast communicationpath. As a result, the portable device 21 can carry out datacommunication simultaneously with a plurality of other portable devices22, 23 and 24 by use of the broadcast communication path and the ad hoccommunication path.

Further, description of the so-called “push to talk” function mentionedabove is omitted. Since the configuration of the cellular phone 12(wireless communication unit 12 a, mobile communication unit 12 c,communication repeating unit 12 b and broadcast communication unit 12 d)shown in FIG. 2 is also identical to one of the cellular phone 11mentioned above, description of the configuration of the cellular phone12 is omitted. Moreover, the configurations of the other cellular phones13 and 14 are also identical.

[Operation]

Next, an operation of the communication system will be described withreference to FIGS. 3 to 5. Here, a case that the portable device 21carries out data communication simultaneously with other portabledevices 22, 23 and 24 will be described. Further, while only anoperation to connect the portable device 21 and the portable device 22is shown in a sequence diagram of FIG. 3, an operation to connect theportable device 23 and the portable device 24 is also carried outsimilarly.

First, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 4, the cellular phone 11 establishesa broadcast communication path, through which the cellular phone 11 cancarry out data communication with the other cellular phones 12, 13 and14, by use of the “push to talk” function (Step S1 in FIG. 3: broadcastcommunication step).

Next, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 5, the portable device 21 sets up thenear field wireless communication network B1, which is corresponding toan ad hoc communication path and which connects to the cellular phone 11existing nearby, by use of the wireless LAN function. At this time, theportable device 21 requests the cellular phone 11, which is connected tothe portable device 21 by use of the wireless LAN function, to connectto other portable devices 22, 23 and 24 (Step S2).

Next, in reply to the request issued by the portable device 21, thecellular phone 11 connects, as a repeater, the portable device 21, whichis connected to the cellular phone 11 via the ad hoc communication path,to the cellular phones 12, 13 and 14 by use of the broadcastcommunication path which is established by the “push to talk” functionas mentioned above and which reaches to the cellular phones 12, 13 and14 (Step S3). Then, as shown by an arrow in FIG. 5, the cellular phones12, 13 and 14 connect to the portable devices 22, 23 and 24 by use ofthe near field wireless communication networks B2, B3 and B4respectively (Step S4). As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, each ofportable devices 22, 23 and 24 is connected to the portable device 21 byuse of the broadcast communication path (Step S5: communicationrepeating step).

Then, data received from the portable device 21 via the near fieldwireless communication network B1 is sent to the other cellular phones12, 13 and 14 via the broadcast communication path which is establishedby the “push to talk” function as mentioned above. Afterward, the datawhich reaches to the cellular phones 12, 13 and 14 are transferred tothe portable devices 22, 23 and 24 via the near field wirelesscommunication networks B2, B3 and B4 respectively. Similarly, in thecase that the portable devices 22, 23 and 24 send data reversely to theother cellular phone and the other portable device, data is sent by useof the ad hoc communication path based on the near field wirelesscommunication and the broadcast communication path based on the mobilecommunication.

As mentioned above, according to the present invention, the portabledevice 21 or the like can carry out wide area communication only by useof the own wireless communication unit through the communication path toother cellular phone which is established by the cellular phoneconnected by the own wireless communication unit. Accordingly, theportable device 21 or the like can realize wide area communication withthe simple configuration, low cost and the simple operation. Inparticular, it is possible to carry out the character chattering and thedesktop conference with a plurality of other portable devices or thelike belonging to a specific group, whose members exist in the widearea, on the basis of the so-called “push to talk” function among thecellular phones. Therefore, it is possible to improve convenience.

Further, the case that wide area communication between the portabledevices is realized by use of the “push to talk” function which isestablished between the cellular phones has been described above.However, the method to realize wide area communication is not limited tothe “push to talk” function. For example, it may be preferable that byuse of one to one communication path which is established between onecellular phone and the other cellular phone, the portable devices, whichare connected to the cellular phones respectively on the basis of thenear field wireless communication, are connected each other. Forexample, it may be preferable that the broadcast communication functionis realized by use of a plurality of one to one communication paths eachof which is established between one cellular phone and the othercellular phone, and the portable devices, which are connected to thecellular phones respectively on the basis of the near field wirelesscommunication, are connected each other by the broadcast communication.

While the present invention has been described with reference to theexemplary embodiment, the present invention is not limited to theexemplary embodiment. With regard to the configuration and detail of thepresent invention, various modifications, which are apparent to a personskilled in the art, are possible within the scope of the presentinvention.

This application is based upon and claims the benefit of priority fromJapanese Patent Application No. 2008-174275, filed on Jul. 3, 2008, thedisclosure of which is incorporated herein in their entirety byreference.

1. A communication system, comprising: a mobile communication terminalwhich has a mobile communication unit which carries out communicationvia a mobile communication network and a near field wirelesscommunication unit which carries out communication via a near fieldcommunication network, and a near field wireless communication terminalwhich has a near field communication unit which carries outcommunication via a near field communication network; and acommunication repeating unit which connects, as a repeater, other mobilecommunication terminal and said near field wireless communicationterminal which is connected via said near field communication network,by use of a communication path which is connected to said other mobilecommunication terminal via said mobile communication network.
 2. Thecommunication system according to claim 1, wherein said mobilecommunication terminal further comprises a broadcast communication unitwhich connects simultaneously to a plurality of other mobilecommunication terminals via said mobile communication network; andwherein said communication repeating unit which said mobilecommunication terminal comprises connects, as a repeater, said othermobile terminals and said near field wireless communication terminalswhich are connected via said near field communication network, by use ofcommunication paths which are connected to said other mobilecommunication terminals by said broadcast communication unit.
 3. Thecommunication system according to claim 1, wherein said near fieldwireless communication terminal further comprises a communicationrequesting unit which requests said mobile communication terminal, whichis connected to said near field wireless communication terminal via saidnear field communication network, to connect to other terminal; andwherein said communication repeating unit which said mobilecommunication terminal comprises connects, as a repeater, said nearfield wireless communication terminal and said other terminal by use ofsaid communication path which is connected to said other mobilecommunication network, in reply to a request issued by said near fieldwireless communication terminal.
 4. The communication system accordingto claim 1, wherein said communication repeating unit which said mobilecommunication terminal comprises connects to other near field wirelesscommunication terminal via said near field wireless communicationnetwork in reply to a request issued by said near field wirelesscommunication terminal which is connected by use of said communicationpath which is connected to said other mobile communication terminal viasaid mobile communication network.
 5. The communication system accordingto claim 1, wherein said near field wireless communication unit carriesout near field wireless communication on the basis of any one ofwireless LAN (Local Area Network) communication, infrared communication,Bluetooth (registered trademark) and non-contact type IC cardcommunication.
 6. The communication system according to claim 1, whereinsaid mobile communication terminal is a cellular phone.
 7. A mobilecommunication terminal, comprising: a mobile communication unit whichcarries out communication via a mobile communication network; a nearfield wireless communication unit which carries out communication via anear field wireless communication network; and a communication repeatingunit which connects, as a repeater, other mobile communication terminaland a near field wireless communication terminal which is connected viasaid near field communication network, by use of a communication pathwhich is connected to said other mobile communication terminal via saidmobile communication network.
 8. The mobile communication terminalaccording to claim 7, wherein said mobile communication terminal furthercomprises a broadcast communication unit which connects simultaneouslyto a plurality of other mobile communication terminals via said mobilecommunication network; and wherein said communication repeating unitconnects, as a repeater, said other mobile terminals and said near fieldwireless communication terminals which are connected via said near fieldcommunication network, by use of said communication paths which areconnected to said other mobile communication terminals by said broadcastcommunication unit.
 9. A communication method of a mobile communicationterminal which includes a mobile communication unit which carries outcommunication via a mobile communication network and a near fieldwireless communication unit which carries out communication via a nearfield communication network, the communication method comprises the stepof: carrying out a communication repeating process to connect, as arepeating process, other mobile communication terminal and a near fieldwireless communication terminal which is connected via said near fieldcommunication network, by use of a communication path which is connectedto said other mobile communication terminal via said mobilecommunication network.
 10. The communication method according to claim9, the communication method further comprises the steps of: carrying outa broadcast communication process to connect said mobile communicationterminal simultaneously to a plurality of other mobile communicationterminals via said mobile communication network; and carrying out saidcommunication repeating process to connect, as a repeating process, saidother mobile terminals which are connected to said mobile communicationterminal by said broadcast communication process, and said near fieldwireless communication terminal which is connected via said near fieldcommunication network, by use of communication paths which are connectedto said other mobile communication terminals.